01-01-2014, 06:15 PM
I was delighted to see that Lindsay Allason-Jones has been awarded an OBE for services to archaeology in the New Year's Honours list.
Formerly of Newcastle University, Allason-Jones is a significant figure within Roman military studies, particularly for her work on leather but also on small finds from the north of Britain in general. She has also written on the women of Roman Britain, most notably for us arguing for their presence within forts.
She was a fantastic lecturer when I was a student of hers at Newcastle, so I'm really glad she has been honoured in this way. :-)
(An honourable mention goes to the only other archaeologist on the list, Richard Buckley of the University of Leicester Archaeology Service, most notable last year for leading the excavation of Richard III.)
Edited because I put the wrong honour in, d'oh!
Formerly of Newcastle University, Allason-Jones is a significant figure within Roman military studies, particularly for her work on leather but also on small finds from the north of Britain in general. She has also written on the women of Roman Britain, most notably for us arguing for their presence within forts.
She was a fantastic lecturer when I was a student of hers at Newcastle, so I'm really glad she has been honoured in this way. :-)
(An honourable mention goes to the only other archaeologist on the list, Richard Buckley of the University of Leicester Archaeology Service, most notable last year for leading the excavation of Richard III.)
Edited because I put the wrong honour in, d'oh!
